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Helen Marshall
Announcing Worlds Seen in Passing: Ten Years of Tor.com Short Fiction Anthology
Gifts for the One Who Comes After (Excerpt)
Collection and Anthologies, Fantasy || Ghost thumbs. Microscopic dogs. One very sad can of tomato soup. Helen Marshall's second collection offers a series of twisted surrealities that explore the legacies we pass on to our children. A son seeks to reconnect with his father through a telescope that sees into the past. A young girl discovers what lies on the other side of her mother's bellybutton. Death's wife prepares for a very special funeral.
Rocket Talk: A Tor.com Podcast
Rocket Talk Episode 26: “The Hanging Game” by Helen Marshall
Best of Tor.com 2013: Why You Should Read These Stories
The Hanging Game
Dark Fantasy, Fantasy || Sometimes a game, even a sacred game, can have far-reaching consequences. In bear country young Skye learns just how far she is willing to go to play the game properly in order carry on the traditions that came before her and will most likely continue long after she is gone.